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JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE SCIENCE
Volume 491, Issue -, Pages 10-21Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2015.04.045
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Polybenzenimidazole; Ethyl phosphoric acid grafted; polybenzimidazole; High temperature proton exchange membrane fuel cell
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- National Science Council (NSC) Taiwan [NSC-100-2221-E-155-009-MY3]
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Polybenzimidazole doped H3PO4 (PBI/H3PO4) membrane is considered as one of the most promising proton exchange membranes for high temperature proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs). However, the brittleness of PBI membrane limits its applications. In this study, we synthesize ethyl phosphoric acid grafted PBI (PBI-EPA; 12.0 mol% degree of grafting) and prepare PBI/PBI-EPA blend membranes. The PBI/PBI-EPA blend membrane has a lower tensile stress and a larger tensile strain than the neat-PBI membrane when the PBI-EPA content is similar to 10`-20 wt% in the blend membrane. The H3PO4 doping level, proton conductivity, and fuel cell performance at 160 degrees C with nonhumidified H-2/O-2 and H-2/air fuel gases are also enhanced by blending 10-30 wt% of PBI-EPA in the PBI/PBI-EPA blend membranes. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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